World Cup 2010 South Africa 

The World Cup 2010 is taking place in South Africa from Friday 11^th June to Sunday 11^th July 2010.

It is taking place at 10 venues throughout the country with the focus being on Johannesburg/Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town.  6 of these venues are within driving distance of Pretoria or Johannesburg.

South Africa World  Cup Ticket Sales

The five phases are:

20 February 2009 - 31 March 2009 Valid applications received for any match, or particular ticket category, that is over-subscribed, will go into a global random draw (this will particularly apply to ‘hot’ matches like the Opening Match, the Semi-Finals and the Final). This ticket draw will take place on 15 April 2009. Confirmation of successful applications will be notified approximately 72 hours after this draw.

4 May 2009 - 16 November 2009 Valid applications will be accepted and fulfilled on a ‘first come, first served’ basis – subject to availability for the match/es and the ticket category/ies applied for. Confirmation of successful applications will be notified within approximately 10 working days.

5 December 2009 – 22 January 2010, immediately after the Final Draw for the 32 participating nations. It is at this stage that the world will know who is playing who, when and where and the pressure for tickets will really intensify. All valid ticket applications received during this time will again go into a global random draw which will take place on 1 February 2010. Confirmation of successful applications will be notified approximately 72 hours after this draw.

9 February 2010 - 1 April 2010 Again, valid applications will be accepted and fulfilled on a ‘first come, first served’ basis – subject to availability for the match/es and the ticket category/ies applied for. Confirmation of successful applications will be notified within approximately 10 working days.

The fifth and final ‘Last Minute’ tickets sales phase will open on 15 April 2010 and remain open until the Final is played on 11 July 2010. Tickets will be purchased ‘real-time’ on a first come first served basis via the FIFA  web  site  and over the counter at to-be-announced locations across South Africa.

Friday 20^th February 2009 – Ticket Sales begin.  The first phase of tickets will last until April 15^th 2009 during which time 740,000 of the estimated 3 million South Africa World  Cup Tickets will be on sale. You can buy up to 4 tickets per match and up to a maximum of 7 matches. However your request for tickets for the South Africa World  Cup will not be immediately confirmed and will go into a ballot which will allocate tickets on a random basis. The ballot will take place on 15^th April 2009

You can buy individual tickets for a specific venue and date or a Ticket Series focused on a specific stadium eg Cape Town or Port Elizabeth. Ticket prices start with category 3 tickets (cheapest) for $80 per ticket and range upwards. You can also purchase Follow Your Team tickets for between 3 and 7 matches.

Thus you will only know if you have your tickets after 15^th April. Once we know whether they have their tickets then they can start to book accommodation, flights etc. Consequently we expect interest in the World Cup to escalate from mid April onwards.

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 Dec 2009 - The teams will be matched with the venues and games

From December 2009 we would expect all accommodation will be booked up, until any rooms not required by MATCH during this period comes back onto the market which may only be a few weeks prior to the start of the World Cup. During this time we will be able to offer shorter Hospitality Packages which will be a mix of accommodation, tickets, hospitality at the games and transfers. These will be expensive and ideal for corporations or incentives. 

If you want to enjoy the south Africa World Cup therefore, you have various options

1)      Purchase a full South Africa World Cup tour package from www.go2southafrica.com

2)      Try to book the tickets you want online and then approach a tour operator  like  www.go2southafrica.com to assist you with accommodation etc.

This would be only really possible if you buy tickets for set venues rather than Follow My Team tickets. We will be taking these requests until such time as the accommodation is simply not available. We believe that this will be by April/May 2009 at the latest.

3)      If you have a group of friends or colleagues (needing 10 rooms), we can arrange a group tour for you using Cape Town as your base.

4)      If you are a corporate , we will be able to offer hospitality packages for your clients.

Each games are has four ticket price categories, which reflect how good the seats are.